The Millennium Challenge Account-Nepal said on Thursday that its attention has been drawn to a fake document circulating on social media regarding the Millenium Challenge Corporation Nepal Compact.
A document with the forged signature of Khadga Bahadur Bisht, executive director of MCA-Nepal Development Board, talks about a virtual meeting between MCC Vice President Fatema Z Sumar, US Ambassador to Nepal Randy Berry and MCC Deputy Vice President Jonathan Brooks.
The letter, dated August 20, 2021, also flaunts the stamp of Nepal coat of arms, MCA-Nepal and MCC.
The letter says the meeting had two suggestions–the US embassy needs to meet anti-MCC civil organisations and influential people; media and social media should be activated for MCC publicity; and sustainable but discrete campaign should be launched to support the MCC with the help of think tanks, journalists, television anchors and selected politicians, among others.
The document also claims that some newspapers, including the Post, need to be approached for the purpose.
The letter started to surface on social media on Wednesday, just before the MCC headquarters dispatched its clarifications to some of the concerns raised by the Nepal government and on the eve of US officials’ visit to Nepal.
The MCA-Nepal in a tweet said that the document is fake and has called for action against those behind creating and circulating such a fake document.
The document is, prima facie, fake, though. It describes the MCC as Millennium...
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